India-Australia combined ODI XI of the 21st century
Since the start of this 21st century, the Aussies have won 45 out of the 80 ODI games that the two sides have played while India won just 28.
4. Ricky Ponting (C)
Here is another player who will give Virat Kohli a run for his money to be the best No. 3 in world cricket. Ricky Ponting was simply brilliant throughout his career. He finished as the third-highest run-getter in the history of ODI cricket as he made 13704 runs. Moreover, he struck 30 tons in the 50-over format.
2164 of those runs came against India. In fact, 1776 out of the 2164 runs he scored against India came in the last two decades. Moreover, all of his six ODI tons against the ‘Men in Blue’ came after 2000. Hence, Ponting was a prolific run-getter for the Aussies when it comes to facing India.
In fact, two of those tons against India came in World Cup cricket, including the 2003 World Cup final. Hence, he is a big-match player and is hard to ignore. With Kohli batting at 3, Ponting could slot in at 4 in this XI.
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